NEWARK — Two reputed gang members were sentenced to more than 10 years in prison Wednesday for illegal possession of weapons and drug trafficking, officials said.

Both Kaseem Upshaw, 33, and Anthony Pearson, 32, are leaders of a Bloods street gang set known as "Red Breed Guerillas," U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul J. Fishman said in a release.

The pair used an apartment on Stratford Place in Newark to store heroin that was sold on the street between March 1, 2011 and September 1, 2011. They were arrested after a search of the apartment turned up 2,440 envelopes of heroin, eight guns and 400 rounds of ammunition, Fishman said. Among the weapons were three semi-automatic rifles, four handguns, and one shotgun.

Upshaw received a sentence of 130 months and while Pearson got 128 months. The pleaded guilty in November. Both will also serve five years of supervised release after they leave prison, authorities said.

Pearson spent nearly four years in prison beginning in 2004 on assault and weapons charges, Department of Corrections records indicate. Upshaw was in state prison between 2007 and 2011 for selling drugs near a school and making threats.

In 2007, both men were cleared of murder charges after a witness who identified them recanted his testimony. The witness later was sentenced to a year in prison for false swearing, according to a Star-Ledger story.